A child with Dutch citizenship was killed in strikes launched by Iran on the outskirts of Arbil in northern Iraq on the night of Monday-Tuesday, Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke Brauns Slot said on Friday via X (the former Twitter), adding that it “strongly condemns » the attack and that she demanded an explanation from her Iranian counterpart.

“The death of the little child, who was less than a year old, is truly shocking, we deeply sympathize with the grieving family” and the relatives of the other victims, noted the head of the Dutch diplomacy, adding that she condemns the attack and that she demanded an explanation from the her counterpart and the ambassador of the Islamic Republic to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was summoned.

The Revolutionary Guards, an elite body of Iran’s military, launched strikes in the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq against what it described as a “spies” center for the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, in retaliation for the recent terrorist attack in Kerman that left nearly a hundred dead.

According to sources close to the Kurdish security forces, four civilians were killed.

The strikes came amid continued escalation of tension in the region following the outbreak of the Israel/Hamas war in the Gaza Strip on October 7, raising concerns that a regional flare-up could occur.